Mingle it up

I know it sounds like YoPlait but hey thats the intention. So many people eat these store bought flavored fruity yogurt for a snack or dessert and I was one of them :). My office refrigerator is loaded with these . But has anyone thought that making something similar at home can be easy and much more nutritious since you control everything that goes into it. But there is a catch here , the Yogurt you use & the amount of sweetness you put matters. Please visit my post on Yogurt Shopping if you haven’t read that.

My FruPlait is a heavenly medley of luscious greek yogurt, your choice of chopped fruits & granola or cereals.

I use 0% fat Greek Yogurt from Trader Joes or make my own (read below on how to make it) for this recipe. Greek Yogurt is just a fancy name for strained Yogurt. Straining removes its whey (liquid). Straining the yogurt results in thicker & creamier consistency. Greek yogurt has twice the protein content compared to normal yogurt per serving. However normal full-fat Greek Yogurt is heavier on fat than plain full-fat yogurt. No worries we use the fat free one. So read on…

This recipe serves 1-2

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of 0% fat Greek yogurt. If you can’t find it in the store, just hang the regular non-fat yogurt in a muslin cloth for 3-4 hours. You can also use normal yogurt just that the texture of Fruplait won’t be that creamy & thick. But it will taste quite good nonetheless.

• 1/2 cup cut Strawberries + Sweet Ripe Mangoes. You can use any fruits you like. Since its summer I like to use sweet ripe Mango(my husband’s favorite). If mangoes are not available you can use bananas, blueberries etc

• 1 tsp of powdered/icing sugar (I use Splenda) + 1 tsp of honey. If you don’t want to use Honey, you can always use 1 more tsp of sugar instead.

• 3-4 tbsp of Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds. You can also use Granola, crumbled oatmeal cookies..basically anything you like to give the sweet crunch.

Directions

1. Finely cut the fruits & add 1 tsp of icing sugar in it. Mix it well so that sugar is coated to every fruit piece
2. In a bowl whip up the yogurt with 1 tsp of honey.
3. Take your serving cup - add half of your fruit mixture. Top that with 1/2 of your yogurt mixture & sprinkle some cereals.
4. Repeat this layer “fruit - yogurt - cereals” one more time and its done.

Eggless Chocolate Cupcake/Cake

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup oil
1 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon vinegar OR 1 Egg

Oven Temperature - 350 deg F

Mix all ingredients together until moist and well blended. Put in cupcake cups and bake for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees F.
Frost with your favorite icing.
To make a layer cake,
double the recipes and put in 2 round cake pans.
Increase baking time to about 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Healthy version of the cake- (Whole Wheat sugar free Cake)

Ingredients

Replace 1-1/2 of All purpose While flour with 3/4 cup White + 3/4 Whole Wheat
Replace 1 Cup of Sugar with 1 Cup sugar Substitute (I used Splenda)

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